Girls' name · since 1965
Sammantha
Since 1965, U.S. Social Security records show 1,985 babies named Sammantha, peaking in 1991. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #4,723 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,985
- born since 1965
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sammantha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,985 have been recorded since 1965.
Sammantha has 1,985 recorded births among girls since 1965, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2019.
- #4,723 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,985 born since 1965
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sammantha ranks #4,723 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,985 born since 1965, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,723 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,985
- born since 1965
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sammantha's 1,985 recorded births place it above 93.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Sammantha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sammantha's full recorded timeline at 1996, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 121 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sammantha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2019
- Peak year (1991)
- 121
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Sammantha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,007 births, 51% of the file).
1990s was Sammantha's strongest decade.
1,007 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Sammantha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 43
1970s
43 births
- 1980s 365
1980s
365 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,007 births
- 2000s
2000s
438 births
- 2010s 126
2010s
126 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,007 births (51% of all-time use).
How Sammantha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sammantha's total volume
Sammantha by state
Where Sammantha concentrates geographically, total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 305 | 15.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 137 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Washington | | 67 | 3.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 45 | 2.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 42 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 31 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Florida | | 30 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 28 | 1.4% |
305 of 1,985 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Sammantha appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sammantha's data
- Sammantha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,007 total births); usage has since declined to 126 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sammanthas (305 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sammantha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~54 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1965–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sammantha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.